Hydrographie changes in thé Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean, 1979-1996

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7637-7645

  Melling, Humfrey ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WARM CORE;

CANADA; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0032522020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03723     Document Type: Article

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